Junior Sandoval

Junior Josué Sandoval López (born October 13, 1990 in Quimistán) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Las Vegas Lights FC in the USL Championship.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sandoval and the second or maternal family name is López.
Junior Sandoval
Personal information
Full name Junior Josué Sandoval López
Date of birth (1990-10-13) October 13, 1990
Place of birth Quimistán, Honduras
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current team
 Las Vegas Lights
Number 7
Youth career
2009 GPC Jaguars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Atlanta FC 10 (0)
2010–2011 Puerto Rico Islanders 7 (0)
2011–2012 → Atlanta Silverbacks (loan) 15 (2)
2012–2013 Marathón 13 (1)
2013–2014 Atlanta Silverbacks 23 (7)
2015–2016 Jaguares de Córdoba 14 (1)
2016– Jacksonville Armada FC 16 (2)
2016–2017 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5 (1)
2017–2018 California United FC II
2019 Memphis 901 4 (0)
2019– Las Vegas Lights 34 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 4, 2020

Career

Youth and College

Sandoval grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia and attended Centennial High School in Roswell, Georgia before playing a year of college soccer at Georgia Perimeter College. He was the Jaguars' leading scorer as a freshman with 29 points on nine goals and 11 assists, and was named to the NJCAA All-Region First Team.[1][2]

Sandoval also played two seasons with Atlanta FC of the National Premier Soccer League, including their Lamar Hunt US Open Cup match against Charleston Battery in 2009.

Professional

Sandoval left college early and joined Puerto Rico Islanders on February 17, 2010.[3] He made his professional debut on April 18, 2010, in a 2010 CFU Club Championship game against Haitian side Racing des Gonaïves.[4] Puerto Rico loaned Sandoval to Atlanta Silverbacks of the North American Soccer League on March 31, 2011.[5] Puerto Rico ended Sandoval's loan to Atlanta on August 12, 2011.[6]

Sandoval returned to Atlanta and joined the Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves for the first part of the 2012 season.[7] After 4 games, he signed for Marathón in his native Honduras.

In January 2016, Sandoval signed with Jacksonville Armada FC of the NASL. Following the 2016, he signed to play the 2017 season for California United FC II.[8]

Honors

Puerto Rico Islanders

References
  1. "Puerto Rico signs three new players". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. Eight Jaguars make All-Region Archived September 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Martínez, Nurse y Sandoval a la Plantilla 2010 de los Puerto Rico Islanders
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20121008031124/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4175142. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Puerto Rico Recalls Striker Sandoval". Archived from the original on September 3, 2011.
  7. http://10soccer.com/sports-report/honduran-midfielder-junior-sandoval/
  8. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/armada-fc-signs-honduran-midfielder-junior-sandoval/n-5089305
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